Efficient video compression software

[Broken]

Can anyone reccomend me some? Preferably free software like virtual dub (which I am currently using.)

I'm trying to post some Street Fighter matches on youtube, but all of the videos are just a little over size limitations. (100 meg or less)

[Pyrion]

Get the xvid codec, or if the file resolution is small enough, you could also take a shot at the x264 vfw codec.

http://deaththesheep.uni.cc/

Also, you can drastically cut down your video filesizes by encoding with something like LAME MP3 as opposed to leaving everything in PCM audio.

[Broken]

That's a lot of very useful info. I appreciate it. I'm going to have to figure out how to encode the sound portion w/ lame as opposed to PCM though.

Edit: Again, much thanks. Pyrion. I just took my 100 meg. vid down to about 10 meg. That's pretty amazing.

[Pyrion]

Well once you've installed the LAME ACM (it's usually just an .inf and an .acm, and you right click the .inf and select Install), in VirtualDub you enable full processing mode on the audio stream to select the compressor, and within that you select LAME MP3 and choose whatever bitrate you want.